Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

Noldrei found himself in a subtle crisis of trust.

Although Elysia really wanted to go out with him and see the outside world, she was also a good sister who respected her own brothers.

"Well, if you can't convince everyone else to leave the Elysian Realm, then I'll just have to stay here and keep everyone company. ♪~~"

This Pink Elf was quite the little devil. One moment she was saying how much she loved the pony world Noldrei described, and the next she was presenting him with such a difficult problem.

"Didn't you agree with me? You said you wanted to see what the pony world was like. Here, you can only see the data traces left behind by memories. Only by going out can you use the power of the Stigma Space to replicate a real Pony Continent."

Noldrei was filled with grief. He felt he had been betrayed by a wicked woman.

Elysia also said sadly, "I'm so sorry, my dear Pony Emperor. Since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness have been hard to reconcile. For the sake of our friendship, I naturally have to choose one side. However, if you can convince them to come along... I wouldn't mind agreeing."

'How can she be just like those wicked matriarchal primitives outside?!'

Noldrei was really angry now. He had to strike hard against Elysia.

His already twisted body twitched even more strangely.

But out of respect for these Previous Era humans who had voluntarily undergone physical modification, Noldrei still left them a lot of room for negotiation.

"How about this, it's fine if you don't go out. Then I'll just have to take the device that stores your memory imprints from the outside. When the time comes, I'll create replicas of your memory imprints first."

As Noldrei's words fell, the Flame-Chasers were immediately silenced.

If he couldn't have them, the memory imprints, he would go out and replicate a large batch of them? What kind of unbearable threat was this?

But as beings who were only memory imprints, they really didn't have any bargaining chips.

"Really, it's all that guy Kevin's fault for handing us over so easily." Eden had never been in such a difficult situation. She found this Current Era warrior to be even more troublesome than the Honkai.

"I surrender. I agree to go out and work for you. Can you please not just create memory imprint replicas?" Eden surrendered so quickly, she didn't even give the others a chance to discuss.

The state of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers' memory imprints had long stagnated. If they were to live on as new lives in the world, completing an alienated inheritance...

And the millions of Elysians Noldrei spoke of.

To be honest, Eden did feel the urge to see it.

That was Elysia, after all. Who wouldn't want to see a million-person-army of Elysians?

"I give up. I'll leave the rest to Aponia to solve. Anyway, this is it..." Eden wanted to struggle but didn't know how. At least Aponia was not just a simple memory imprint at the moment.

"You're surrendering just like that? Have you no dignity as one of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers?" Mobius thought this Eden was really pathetic.

"I don't mind, it's just..." Hua said helplessly, "How am I supposed to face the Hua who is still alive outside?"

Who knew Noldrei would say without a care, "It's fine, she's basically forgotten everything about the past. Just tell her you're her ancestor. A fake identity, what's the big deal!"

'I've become my own ancestor?!'

Hua felt she had a deeper understanding of Noldrei's reckless disregard for bloodline ethics.

Sakura, on the other hand, didn't have many thoughts. She was mostly here out of longing for her sister.

"What about you? Elysia?"

Noldrei used the method of "threats" to make these memory imprints, which had some self-awareness, feel the urge to surrender.

Elysia really didn't know what to say. Was she also supposed to say she wanted to see what millions of herself would be like?

And you know what, Elysia really hadn't considered such a situation.

Who would just replicate themselves for no reason?

Elysia asked her question, confused, "Then why are you so used to replicating another version of yourself? I think very few people would think of replicating another themselves, right? When you face your family and friends, shouldn't you consider their feelings?"

Noldrei thought Elysia was quite naive and cute.

"Of course, it's because there's not enough manpower that we directly replicate and create people. If you had been able to replicate and create tens of thousands of Kevins earlier, you might have been able to defeat the Honkai during the Previous Era, instead of becoming memory imprints and barely surviving with your friends thousands of meters underground."

"Besides... these problems won't be problems in the future. The replicas themselves will have their own solutions."

Noldrei didn't say the rest, but everyone could understand humanity's ability for self-slaughter, even if they created replicas.

For example, a being like Mobius would surely start by slaughtering each other to get their fill.

The Flame-Chasers weren't idiots. They quickly understood what Noldrei hadn't said.

Elysia was already starting to get a headache. She had never expected Noldrei to not care at all about the consequences.

'Could it be that he has seen a similar scene? Or handled a similar situation?'

Elysia had guessed part of it right, but she had also missed some key parts.

Noldrei's future was a future where everyone was replaceable. If replicas really appeared, under such circumstances, humans would not think that replicas were any different from themselves.

Because everyone was produced in a factory in the first place, they themselves had a homogenized structure in their thoughts and actions. It was like the child-rearing robot cat Doraemon from the anime.

Everyone was created in the same way, so everyone was already a part of the replicas. Being replicated was never something to be feared. The key was that humans feared being replaced by replicas.

"I believe you won't have a problem. You yourselves were left behind as replica memory imprints of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers. That is to say, you have already accepted such an identity. Theoretically, if the original self accepts the result of being replicated, then your replicas will also be instilled with similar ideas."

Noldrei's words made the Flame-Chasers fall into deep thought.

They themselves were replicas of the original Thirteen Flame-Chasers, but now they were needed for further, more numerous replications. So why were they so resistant to it?

Hadn't a similar thing already happened?

There must be something they had once overlooked, but had now forgotten.